Damodardih
Bengabad block · Giridih
district, Jharkhand · PIN 815312
· village code 351549
Population 2011
986
Census of India
Population 2020
1,300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+31.9%
314 people · 3.1% a year
Households
200
+20.5% vs 166 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
986
Male / female
536 / 450
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
840
Children aged 0–6
167
Literacy rate
55.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 0
Working population
423
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
42.5%
Households
166
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
58
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
41%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
5 / 4 / 8
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bengabad panchayat, Bengabad zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹30.40 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹12.33 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.10 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.35 lakh · received ₹5.22 lakh · spent ₹7.31 lakh · left ₹7.26 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹21.05 lakh · received ₹7.82 lakh · spent ₹5.03 lakh · left ₹23.84 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.3063, 86.3576 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Giridih ·
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